1 "If you will return, O Israel," says the LORD, "Return to Me; And if you will put away your abominations out of My sight, Then you shall not be moved.

2 And you shall swear, 'The LORD lives,' In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; The nations shall bless themselves in Him, And in Him they shall glory."

3 For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: "Break up your fallow ground, And do not sow among thorns.

4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, And take away the foreskins of your hearts, You men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Lest My fury come forth like fire, And burn so that no one can quench it, Because of the evil of your doings."

17 Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

**AS A PASTOR, I STRUGGLE WITH THE IDEA THAT MANY, MANY SAVED FOLKS ARE BEING DECEIVED INTO THINKING THAT CHURCH ATTENDANCE AND MEMBERSHIP IS ALL THERE IS TO CHRISTIANITY.. I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT INSIDE OF EACH OF US IS BURNING FOR US TO BE A PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF THE BODY OF CHRIST…

** WHERE ARE WE AT DURING SUNDAY SCHOOL AND BIBLE STUDIES?? THE TIME TO SIT DOWN WITH OUR PEERS AND DIG INTO THE WORD OF GOD TO GET OUT VALUABLE GEMS FROM THE WEALTH OF GOD’S WISDOM??

** WHERE ARE WE DURING THE TIMES OF MUSIC, WHEN OUR SOUL CAN BE PERMIATED WITH THE SONGS OF GOD THAT WILL INSPIRE US TO WANT TO DO THE OTHER THINGS OF GOD??

**WHERE ARE WE AT THE TIMES WE SIT ASIDE FOR FELLOWSHIP WITH “FOLKS OF LIKE FAITH” SO WE CAN SHARE, AND GROW TOGETHER IN OUR WALK TOWARDS THE GOAL??

2. GOOD GROUND REQUIRES DEDICATION—HOW DEDICATED ARE WE TO THE LORD?? ARE WE MORE DEDICATED TO HIM, OR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING ELSE?? HOW MUCH TIME DO WE SPEND IN “HIS WORD?” IN PRAYER?